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Antiques \ By Arthur H. Schwerdt

Antiques dealers tap a variety of resources to acquire the inventory that fills their shops. There are estate sales, house, yard and garage sales, flea markets, public auctions and. of course, other dealers. A buying trip can incorporate many of the above, and can be productive in more ways than one. At various times of the year, different sections of the country become bitten bv an antiques fever Usually a big show or sale . is the draw, but everyone in || the area gets into the act l along the way. Q AT TIIKSK events. ^ dealers can make great i buys But more important I than what is bought is what J can be learned about the 0 market for antiques in k general. , ^ My most recent buying 1 trip was through northI western New Jersey and in ? to New York State. It was A about a month ago at the , peak of the colorful foliage. A and the crips, sunny days Y seemed to put everyone in L a great frame of mind for I doing business 7 Here are some of my I preliminary observations L on the current trends in the ^ world of antiques: I AMERICAN pottery is | still very popular Ixnik for I names like Stangl. Hull. A McCoy. Weller, Kockwood b and itoseville. Koseville. B which is usually the higher ^ priced, was really high In L general, there is still a I great deal of good j American pottery around, i but you can see the amount L slowly dwindling and the ^ prices growing > Flow-blue. Willow-ware, k and any blue-white china | are still very hot 1 noticed 1 some dealers were laying r off this stuff in the hop*' k that the hysteria would die * down and bring the price L with it I OI.D ENGLISH and Am erican Ironstone is still 4 very popular and likely to L remain so. % Nippon, that very high k quality Japanese k porcelain, seemed to be selling very well. This is an ornate, but delicate, formal-looking porcelain

which has recently caugRt the attention of a growing number of American collectors. Speaking of Japanese. I'm sure you have heard of the increased interest in items made in occupied Japan. At 40 years old. these items are entering their "old" phase. COI.I.KCTORS WILL always be interested in items from a very short and specific time frame in history. This is not just a blind fad. however. Many of the hand-painted porcelain pieces which 1 saw from this period were very special. Items of porcelain marked "R.S. PRUSSIA" or "R.S. GERMANY" have always brought a premium price. The current prices seem to have stabilized, and I noticed a good market in them this time around. These are pieces made by the Rheinhold Schlegel mich i you can see why they are jsut referred to by the initials) Company. TAKE NOTICE of these

pieces the next time you visit one of the local shops. Many of these items are UK) years old now. and prices will be on the rise soon The lovely floral patterns are truly stunning. For fun and for speculation, there seemed to be more activity in "chalk" items These are brightly painted dogs, elephants, piggy banks and wall pla ques made from that very white, powdery plaster Not long ago they were' given away as carnival prizes, and those that have survived will be becoming more valuable Prices are still quite cheap now. ON THIS trip. I noticed a very strained market in what are called "primitives". This could be because dealers were asking such high prices for such poor quality In the local shops here in Cape May County. I have seen so many good quality primitives at such reasonable prices. My guess is that dealers will be selling off what they have in stock until the market cools down a bit on the wholesale level (Arthur Schwerdt. coowner of The August Far mhouse. on Route 9 in swainton. invites questions c/o this newspaper. )

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